30, [2] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 10 cm.

"Embellished with engravings"--Cover

Date from Davis: some copies with 1828 watermark

Frontispiece included in pagination

Frontispiece and last leaf pasted down to wrappers

Alphabet on [1] p. following text

Cover title within ornamental border

Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of wrapper: Davis' "Penny Books list A, with the addition of 2 titles at end"; the list within a wavy-line border, a variant design without the border; watermarked copies found with both forms of wrapper

First sentence: "There was a gentleman in the West of England, who married a very virtuous lady, but having no children for several years, they were discontent, and foolishly upbraided each other, not fuly considering that what God either gives to or witholds from us, is always best in the end."

Includes 8 woodcuts

Davis, R. Kendrew of York

Osborne Coll.

Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Bourke Collection: 8 black & white woodcuts. Buff decorated wrappers. Banbury Chapbooks - Pearson - p.45. Osborne - p.260. Spencer Collection - p.114. Gumuchian - #1662. Pleasure of Past Time. Cecil Court. London. May/71. £7. Blackwell.s Oxford - '76 - £15; Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '88 - $90.00

One copy in Bourke Coll. in grey wrappers with book list on p. [4] of wrappers without a border; without watermark

One copy in Bourke Coll. in grey wrappers with booklist on p. [4] of wrappers within wavy-line border; watermark observable on p. 25-26; stamp of J.H. Carr, printer and stationer, York

One copy in Child Coll. in yellow paper wrappers with book list on p. [4] of wrappers within wavy-line border; without watermark

One copy in Child Coll. in yellow paper wrappers with book list on p. [4] of wrappers without a border; watermark on p. 25-26, [31-32]

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